Letter from Roger B. Taney to David Hoffman

Letter from Roger B. Taney to David Hoffman
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PDF icon Letter from Roger B. Taney to David Hoffman
Number of Pages: 
3
Date: 
March 1, 1841

Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney writes to David Hoffman and explains why he must "decline taking any part in matters" relating "to the mission to Austria." While Taney would prefer to meet with Hoffman to discuss this issue, he notes that there is too much "business on the court."

People: 
Taney, Roger Brooke
Hoffman, David
Subject: 
International Affairs
Politics and Government
Format: 
Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 
1840-1859
Location: 
I-SpahrB-1965-3
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr